Elderhostel

The Art Institute of Chicago is proud to be a host institution for Elderhostel, an international organization offering educational travel to seniors 55 years of age and older. We offer a variety of themed programs throughout the year, including "Focus on Impressionism and Postimpressionism" in February and March to help you escape winter's chill and take you to sunny France! Participants stay at luxurious accomodations within walking distance of the museum.

Art Insights
Art Insights brings slide talks to senior centers, senior groups, senior residences, and nursing homes. This free program provides a historical and enlightening experience for Chicago-area seniors unable to visit the Art Institute.

Senior Celebrations
"Senior Celebrations," a free, day-long event, will be held September 3, 2008.
The day includes a presentation, short talks in the galleries, music, and art demonstrations.

Signed Interpretations and Escorts for the Blind
Signed interpretation for individuals with hearing impairments is offered twice monthly for public lectures. See the calendar for a list. To learn more about Escorts for the Blind, visit the museum's Accessibility page.

Art Insights

Art Insights brings slide talks to senior centers, senior groups, senior residences, and nursing homes. This free program provides a historical and enlightening experience for Chicago-area seniors unable to visit the Art Institute.

Participants in Art Insights programs receive a complimentary admission pass for one visit to the Art Institute for their families, who are also welcome to all Art Insights events.

To ensure an enjoyable experience for all participants, we require a room that may be darkened and a screen or a smooth white wall for projecting slides. We look forward to visiting with you and hope that you will find our program appropriate and enjoyable for your audience.

Choose a program on the following topics:

Objects of Art from the Art Institute's Collection and the People Who Contributed to Its Growth during the First 100 Years
Presenters introduce the Ryersons, Hutchinsons, Buckinghams, Palmers, and others who traveled to Europe and Asia discovering and collecting rare art objects spanning many periods. Their treasured gifts of paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, prints, and drawings are explored.

Meet Your Neighbors: Images from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and Their Connections to the Many Faces of Chicago's Diverse Neighborhoods
The Art Institute's collection flourishes with works by artists from around the world. Presenters highlight the ties between artists' home countries and the neighborhoods that were formed when people from those regions settled in Chicago .

19th-Century European Art
See a selection of works by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Georges Seurat, and other famous European masters.

Pierre Auguste Renoir. Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers' Lunch), 1875. Potter Palmer Collection.

For more information or to make arrangements for an Art Insights visit, please call (312) 857-7641 or e-mail seniorprograms@artic.edu.

Art Insights and "Senior Celebrations" are generously funded by the Hulda B. and Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation.